http://asteroidday.org/
Friday, June 30, 2017
"Asteroid Day" is today (June 30) - Live 24-hour broadcat
Asteroid Day LIVE is the first-ever 24-hour live broadcast about space, and specifically asteroids, airing on June 30, 2017 made possible by support from OHB, SES, BCE and the Luxembourg Government. Asteroid Day LIVE includes six hours from Luxembourg in addition to live programming from ESA, JAXA and NASA. The six-hour broadcast from Luxembourg plus hours of other international programming is creating a global conversation about some of the most important asteroid missions and new discoveries, with scientists and experts around the world.
http://asteroidday.org/
http://asteroidday.org/
Free Clothing for Women (Niles United Methodist ministry): Niles, MI 49120
A grand opening celebration for Evy’s Closet will take place from 3 to 6 p.m. Thursday, June 29, 2017 at Wesley United Methodist Church, 320 Cedar St., Niles, Michigan, 49120.
article in LEADER PUB dot-com - June 28, 2017
Evy’s Closet offers free women’s clothing to those in need.
The clothing closet was founded by Brenda Engel and named after her mother, the late Evelyn Bolton.
The closet will be accepting more donations to support the cause from 3 to 6 p.m. Thursdays or by appointment.
For more information or to have donations picked up, contact (269) 845-6691.
http://www.umc.org/find-a-church/church/53618
article in LEADER PUB dot-com - June 28, 2017
First Sunday of July 2017 (National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.)
from www.cathedral.org WEBSITE:
Join us for special service of music, readings and prayers in celebration of Independence Day. NOTE: There will be no Holy Eucharist served at this service. Holy Eucharist (Rite II) will be celebrated at 9 a.m.
3101 Wisconsin Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20016
July 2, 2017 A Service to Remember the Vision of Freedom @ 11:15 a.m.
This Sunday's Celebration of Independence Day
Join us for special service of music, readings and prayers in celebration of Independence Day. NOTE: There will be no Holy Eucharist served at this service. Holy Eucharist (Rite II) will be celebrated at 9 a.m.
3101 Wisconsin Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20016
the Author of THE_LITTLE_PRINCE (born 1900)
from Writer's Almanac (American Public Media, Garrison Keillor):
June 29 is the birthday of French writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900), born in Lyon, France (1900). Saint-Exupéry was a renowned pilot, but is best known these days for his classic children’s novella, Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince, 1943), about a little boy who lives on a planet so small he can watch the sun set 44 times a day. He falls to Earth and befriends a stranded pilot.
He spent his childhood in a castle at Saint-Maurice-de-Rémens with a coterie of aunts, cousins, sisters, and nurses. His father had a stroke when Antoine was four and he grew up aristocratic, but impoverished. He was fascinated by airplanes and delighted in tying sheets to poles and attaching them to his bicycle so he could try to fly. He was conscripted at 21 into the French air force, qualifying as military pilot a year later. By 1926, he’d helped establish airmail routes over Northwest Africa, the South Atlantic, and South America, which made him a pioneer in postal aviation.
Despite injuries from numerous crashes, he continued to fly, and in 1935, while trying to win 150,000 francs by breaking the speed record in an air race from Paris to Saigon, he and his mechanic crashed in the Sahara desert. They wandered for four days with only a thermos of sweet coffee, crackers, and chocolate. They were so dehydrated they stopped sweating. A Bedouin found them and administered a native remedy to rehydrate them. Saint-Exupéry used some of this experience when writing The Little Prince.
In 1944, he flew a reconnaissance mission over France and never returned. It was assumed his plane had crashed in the Alps, but more than 60 years later, the wreckage was recovered from the Mediterranean seabed, not far from Provence.
The Little Prince is considered a classic of literature that examines loneliness, friendship, and philosophy. Saint-Exupéry did the watercolors for the book, which was published after his death. It’s been translated into over 250 languages and dialects, including Braille, and sells 2 million copies annually. In the dedication to the book, Saint-Exupéry wrote, “All grown-ups were once children — although few of them remember it.”
When he was asked how he would like to die, Saint-Exupéry chose water. He said: “You don’t feel yourself dying. You simply feel as if you’re falling asleep and beginning to dream.”
June 29 is the birthday of French writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900), born in Lyon, France (1900). Saint-Exupéry was a renowned pilot, but is best known these days for his classic children’s novella, Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince, 1943), about a little boy who lives on a planet so small he can watch the sun set 44 times a day. He falls to Earth and befriends a stranded pilot.
He spent his childhood in a castle at Saint-Maurice-de-Rémens with a coterie of aunts, cousins, sisters, and nurses. His father had a stroke when Antoine was four and he grew up aristocratic, but impoverished. He was fascinated by airplanes and delighted in tying sheets to poles and attaching them to his bicycle so he could try to fly. He was conscripted at 21 into the French air force, qualifying as military pilot a year later. By 1926, he’d helped establish airmail routes over Northwest Africa, the South Atlantic, and South America, which made him a pioneer in postal aviation.
Despite injuries from numerous crashes, he continued to fly, and in 1935, while trying to win 150,000 francs by breaking the speed record in an air race from Paris to Saigon, he and his mechanic crashed in the Sahara desert. They wandered for four days with only a thermos of sweet coffee, crackers, and chocolate. They were so dehydrated they stopped sweating. A Bedouin found them and administered a native remedy to rehydrate them. Saint-Exupéry used some of this experience when writing The Little Prince.
In 1944, he flew a reconnaissance mission over France and never returned. It was assumed his plane had crashed in the Alps, but more than 60 years later, the wreckage was recovered from the Mediterranean seabed, not far from Provence.
The Little Prince is considered a classic of literature that examines loneliness, friendship, and philosophy. Saint-Exupéry did the watercolors for the book, which was published after his death. It’s been translated into over 250 languages and dialects, including Braille, and sells 2 million copies annually. In the dedication to the book, Saint-Exupéry wrote, “All grown-ups were once children — although few of them remember it.”
When he was asked how he would like to die, Saint-Exupéry chose water. He said: “You don’t feel yourself dying. You simply feel as if you’re falling asleep and beginning to dream.”
Saturday, June 24, 2017
The Owl and the Woodpecker (Nature Program) - June 29, 2017 - registration details
as posted on local radio station website = www.979xfm.com/
Join Ballard Nature Center (rural Effingham County, U.S. 40 W) June 29th, 2017 at 1 p.m. for the program The Owl and the Woodpecker. Make an owl craft and play some games based on these birds. Family program. Please call to register 618-483-6856.
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Friday, June 23, 2017
A Prayer for Hawa'ii (Cathedral website)
A Prayer for Hawaii
Praise be to Thee, O God:
For mighty fire deep in earth lifting up the isles from ocean floor;
for steady wind wafting seed to the shore;
and rain to bless her mantle of green
and fill the cisterns of life.
Thanks be to Thee, O Father: For all who have traveled here,
bearing in every race Thy image upon their brows; for the sea-grit
commonwealth which they fashioned of courage and forbearance
and the imagination of peace.
May the fire of Thy Holy Spirit ever burn in the hearts of Thy people,
and Thy benediction be the lively hope of all who dwell in Hawaii;
Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
www.cathedral.org/ [National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.]
Praise be to Thee, O God:
For mighty fire deep in earth lifting up the isles from ocean floor;
for steady wind wafting seed to the shore;
and rain to bless her mantle of green
and fill the cisterns of life.
Thanks be to Thee, O Father: For all who have traveled here,
bearing in every race Thy image upon their brows; for the sea-grit
commonwealth which they fashioned of courage and forbearance
and the imagination of peace.
May the fire of Thy Holy Spirit ever burn in the hearts of Thy people,
and Thy benediction be the lively hope of all who dwell in Hawaii;
Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
www.cathedral.org/ [National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.]
Thursday, June 22, 2017
What is there to see at "Mackinac Island" (Michigan tourist mecca)
from USA TODAY June 22 online article:
From the time you step off the ferry onto Mackinac Island, Mich., you become part of a centuries-long summer tradition. Its location on the Straits of Mackinac (pronounced "mackinaw") on the Great Lakes where Lake Michigan and Lake Huron converge, made it the ideal place for Native Americans and fur traders' summer rendezvous, and John Jacob Astor made his fortune here in the fur industry. Missionaries, soldiers and eventually Gilded Age tourists from Detroit and Chicago pulled ashore to enjoy this remarkable island and people from around the world do the same today.
Unlike its eastern counterparts, Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, there are no motorized vehicles on Mackinac Island, aside from emergency vehicles. The only transportation is by bicycle, horse or on foot, which is perfect for traveling the island's four square miles during high season, which runs roughly from early May to the end of October.
There's much to see on the island and a foodie tour makes a great way to sample both the island's eateries and its scenery. For maximum fun, first take in the commercial district by the ferry docks — mostly locally owned stores, restaurants and famous fudge shops. Take time to chat with the friendly people who work here. You'll find many whose families go back generations on the island. Then get out and explore. Eighty percent of the island is a Michigan State Park, ripe to explore with a picnic lunch.
From the time you step off the ferry onto Mackinac Island, Mich., you become part of a centuries-long summer tradition. Its location on the Straits of Mackinac (pronounced "mackinaw") on the Great Lakes where Lake Michigan and Lake Huron converge, made it the ideal place for Native Americans and fur traders' summer rendezvous, and John Jacob Astor made his fortune here in the fur industry. Missionaries, soldiers and eventually Gilded Age tourists from Detroit and Chicago pulled ashore to enjoy this remarkable island and people from around the world do the same today.
Unlike its eastern counterparts, Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, there are no motorized vehicles on Mackinac Island, aside from emergency vehicles. The only transportation is by bicycle, horse or on foot, which is perfect for traveling the island's four square miles during high season, which runs roughly from early May to the end of October.
There's much to see on the island and a foodie tour makes a great way to sample both the island's eateries and its scenery. For maximum fun, first take in the commercial district by the ferry docks — mostly locally owned stores, restaurants and famous fudge shops. Take time to chat with the friendly people who work here. You'll find many whose families go back generations on the island. Then get out and explore. Eighty percent of the island is a Michigan State Park, ripe to explore with a picnic lunch.
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
What about the longest day of the year and "Midsummer"?
from Old Farmer's Almanac (www.almanac.com) :
Question: Why isn’t the summer solstice—the longest day of the year—also the hottest day of the year?
Answer: Earth’s atmosphere, land, and oceans absorb part of the incoming energy from the Sun and store it, releasing it back as heat at various rates. Water is slower to heat (or cool) than air or land. At the summer solstice, the Northern Hemisphere receives the most energy (highest intensity) from the Sun due to the angle of sunlight and day length. However, the land and oceans are still relatively cool, due to spring’s temperatures, so the maximum heating effect on air temperature is not felt just yet. Eventually, the land and, especially, oceans will release stored heat from the summer solstice back into the atmosphere. This usually results in the year’s hottest temperatures appearing in late July, August, or later, depending on latitude and other factors. This effect is called seasonal temperature lag.
Question: What is Midsummer Day (June 24)?
Answer: Around the time of the summer solstice, this day was the midpoint of the growing season, halfway between planting and harvest.
Question: Why isn’t the summer solstice—the longest day of the year—also the hottest day of the year?
Answer: Earth’s atmosphere, land, and oceans absorb part of the incoming energy from the Sun and store it, releasing it back as heat at various rates. Water is slower to heat (or cool) than air or land. At the summer solstice, the Northern Hemisphere receives the most energy (highest intensity) from the Sun due to the angle of sunlight and day length. However, the land and oceans are still relatively cool, due to spring’s temperatures, so the maximum heating effect on air temperature is not felt just yet. Eventually, the land and, especially, oceans will release stored heat from the summer solstice back into the atmosphere. This usually results in the year’s hottest temperatures appearing in late July, August, or later, depending on latitude and other factors. This effect is called seasonal temperature lag.
Question: What is Midsummer Day (June 24)?
Answer: Around the time of the summer solstice, this day was the midpoint of the growing season, halfway between planting and harvest.
When is the Summer Solstice 2017?
Summer solstice 2017 in Northern Hemisphere will be at 11:24 PM Central Time on
Tuesday
,
June 20.
Monday, June 19, 2017
Race Across America (week of June 19, 2017) - Effingham, IL
from 979xfn,com (Local News Press Release)
The Race Across America (RAAM) will be coming through the Effingham area again. Race officials will be staffing a time station at Effingham high school on route 40 adjacent to the Raney Street overpass.
Please keep in mind that bicycles and slower moving support vehicles will be travelling west to east through the area. The riders will be arriving in Effingham as early as today through Friday. The majority are expected to come through on Wednesday and Thursday.
Riders will arrive from the west on US route 40 and they will travel through the city of Effingham on Fayette Avenue. They will leave Effingham on Illinois route 33 toward Dieterich, ride through Newton and on to Robinson. The riders will be on the route all hours of the day and night.
see also: www.raceacrossamerica.org/
The Race Across America (RAAM) will be coming through the Effingham area again. Race officials will be staffing a time station at Effingham high school on route 40 adjacent to the Raney Street overpass.
Please keep in mind that bicycles and slower moving support vehicles will be travelling west to east through the area. The riders will be arriving in Effingham as early as today through Friday. The majority are expected to come through on Wednesday and Thursday.
Riders will arrive from the west on US route 40 and they will travel through the city of Effingham on Fayette Avenue. They will leave Effingham on Illinois route 33 toward Dieterich, ride through Newton and on to Robinson. The riders will be on the route all hours of the day and night.
see also: www.raceacrossamerica.org/
Sunday, June 18, 2017
Lincoln Log Cabin site near Charleston, IL (June 18, 2017)
The Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site, where Abraham Lincoln’s father once lived, is offering two fun ways to celebrate Father’s Day: a Civil War encampment and free fishing.
Re-enactors portraying members of the 5th Illinois Cavalry will camp at the site Saturday and Sunday, June 17 and 18, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. They’ll demonstrate daily camp life and the struggles the cavalry faced during the Civil War.
After visiting the soldiers, visitors can head to the site’s fully stocked pond to take advantage of Illinois’ Free Fishing Days celebration, which runs June 16-19. During these four days, anglers can fish throughout the state without purchasing a fishing license.
The 5th Illinois Cavalry was a real Civil War unit composed principally of men from east-central Illinois counties. They mustered in at Camp Butler, near Springfield, in August of 1861, and many of its men served for the duration of the war.
They served in Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. Known for their hard fighting, the regiment played pivotal roles in numerous campaigns throughout the war.
Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site, a Gateway Site for the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area, was the 1840s home of Abraham Lincoln’s father and stepmother, Thomas and Sarah Bush Lincoln. It is located eight miles south of Charleston and 14 miles southwest of Mattoon, Illinois.
Saturday, June 17, 2017
Born on this date in 1703 -- Epworth Parsonage, U.K.
John Wesley was born on this day in 1703 and died in 1791. He started out as an Anglican priest and theologian but became the founder of Methodism. Along with his brother Charles, he was dissatisfied with the church of his time and was seeking a faith tradition that was ancient, biblical, and relevant to the lives of everyday people.
In 1738, Wesley had a mystical experience where he felt his "heart strangely warmed." Love rather than dogma became the basis of Methodism. Preaching and teaching this new path required prodigious patience, courage, and energy. "The whole world is my parish," he told people.
In 1738, Wesley had a mystical experience where he felt his "heart strangely warmed." Love rather than dogma became the basis of Methodism. Preaching and teaching this new path required prodigious patience, courage, and energy. "The whole world is my parish," he told people.
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Watch - June 14 -- 1:30 - 8 p.m. Central Time
from WEATHER CHANNEL
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #329 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ILLINOIS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES 25 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS: CHRISTIAN, DE WITT, LOGAN, MACON, MENARD, SANGAMON, SHELBY (communities of Shelbyville, Lakewood, Cowden), Illinois)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #329 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ILLINOIS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES 25 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS: CHRISTIAN, DE WITT, LOGAN, MACON, MENARD, SANGAMON, SHELBY (communities of Shelbyville, Lakewood, Cowden), Illinois)
Rain for Wed. June 14 -- Shelby & Effingham areas, Illinois
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 92. South southwest wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. South wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Fr0m 97.9 XFM posted forecast (June 14)
Apostle Paul and Isthmian Games (Corinth) -- possible connection
from 2012 Biblical Archaeology article =
Paul probably has the Isthmian Games in mind when he penned the words.
Paul probably has the Isthmian Games in mind when he penned the words.
The first passage is 1 Cor. 9:24-27. This section introduces the next portion concerning Old Testament examples of believers who were tempted with various sins (10:1-13). Paul encourages them to exercise self- discipline in their Christian life so they will not be disqualified from the race.
Unlike the modern Olympic Games where gold, silver and bronze medals are awarded to the first three places respectively, in the ancient games, only the winner received the crown. There was no second place award – winning was everything! Paul encouraged the believers in Corinth to run the race of the Christian life to obtain the prize (verse 24). According to Paul, believers are to “compete” by being temperate or exercising self-control, in their personal behavior (verse 25a). In the Isthmian Games, those who won the competition were awarded a celery crown for the prize. Paul describes it as a “perishable crown”, yet focuses the believers attention on the goal of the “heavenly race”, an “imperishable crown” (verse 25b).
The two word pictures that Paul uses in verse 26 are that of a runner who runs focused on the finish line and the boxer who doesn’t shy away from his opponent like a shadow boxer, but rather engages him to the finish. In the Olympics, boxing was the most brutal of events. The boxer wrapped his knuckles with leather straps. In the Roman competition, which the Isthmian games probably followed, the wrapping “incorporated lead, irons and even spikes”! The athletes boxed, sometimes up to four hours, until one competitor was knocked out. Or one boxer “signaled defeat by a raised index finger” (Milavic 1992: 14). Boxing was serious and brutal competition. At times, the Christian life could be also (2 Tim. 3:12).
Paul goes on to say that he disciplines his body so he will not be disqualified from the Christian “race” (verse 27). Paul is not saying he could loose his salvation. He knew that was eternally secure in the Lord Jesus Christ (2 Tim. 1:12; Rom. 8:31-39). He was, however, concerned that the Lord would not be able to use him in preaching the gospel to others and that he would suffer the loss of rewards as well as be “ashamed at His coming” at the Judgment Seat of Christ (2 Cor. 5:10; 1 Cor. 3:12-17; 1 John 2:28; 2 Tim. 2:11-13).
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
On this date in 1944
NYTIMES dot-com list-serv for June 6, 2017
D-day invasion of Europe took place during World War II as Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France.
D-day invasion of Europe took place during World War II as Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France.
Monday, June 5, 2017
Fog Advisory (June 5, 2017)
weather news = Effingham and Shelby Counties
Areas of dense fog before 9 am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 86. Calm wind becoming north 5 to 8 mph in the morning.
(Central and Southern IL) until 9 a.m. Central Time.
http://www.thexradio.com/news/weather
Areas of dense fog before 9 am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 86. Calm wind becoming north 5 to 8 mph in the morning.
(Central and Southern IL) until 9 a.m. Central Time.
http://www.thexradio.com/news/weather
Friday, June 2, 2017
Benefit / Fundraiser for Humane Society June 2 - 3 - 4, 2017 at Effingham County, IL
from EFFINGHAM Radio website (May 2017 posting);
The GIANT GARAGE SALE will be held from 12 noon to 6 p.m. on Friday, June 2, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday June 3 (with a half-price sale starting at 12 noon), and a bag sale ($4/bag) from 12pm to 3 pm on Sunday, June 4. There will be NO EARLY SALES. If you have any questions, please contact the Effingham County Humane Society.
All funds raised at this sale will be used for the care and upkeep of the pets that are waiting their forever homes at the Effingham County Humane Society. All donations are tax deductible to the extent provided by law as ECHS is a 501(3) not-for-profit organization.
(217)-536-9001 -- at Funkhouser (Near Effingham on U.S. 40 highway) - rural county area
The GIANT GARAGE SALE will be held from 12 noon to 6 p.m. on Friday, June 2, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday June 3 (with a half-price sale starting at 12 noon), and a bag sale ($4/bag) from 12pm to 3 pm on Sunday, June 4. There will be NO EARLY SALES. If you have any questions, please contact the Effingham County Humane Society.
All funds raised at this sale will be used for the care and upkeep of the pets that are waiting their forever homes at the Effingham County Humane Society. All donations are tax deductible to the extent provided by law as ECHS is a 501(3) not-for-profit organization.
(217)-536-9001 -- at Funkhouser (Near Effingham on U.S. 40 highway) - rural county area
Public Library dedication (Tuesday June 13, 2017)
from XFM news story (97.9 article)
A building dedication service will be held for the Suzette Brumleve Memorial Effingham Public Library on Tuesday, June 13 at 11 a.m.
A building dedication service will be held for the Suzette Brumleve Memorial Effingham Public Library on Tuesday, June 13 at 11 a.m.
Thursday, June 1, 2017
The Peoples of Western Galilee (Photographhic exhibit - Jewish Federation, South Bend, IN)
More Information at TheJewishFed dot-org or WesternGalilee.org.il/
The traveling exhibit "The Peoples of the Western Galilee" opened April 30, 2017 and continues through Mid-June 2017 at the Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley, 3202 Salem Way, South Bend, IN.
A group of photographers from the United States, as well as others from Budapest, Hungary
and Israel set out to document and illustrate the lives of various residents who live there (Jews, Muslims, Christians, Druze, and Bahai). The objective of this creative team was to bring
to life the stories and realities of the diverse people living in the region.
The exhibit consists of 30 photographs.
Hours = 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. Admission is free.
Phone 574-233-1164 for further information.
The traveling exhibit "The Peoples of the Western Galilee" opened April 30, 2017 and continues through Mid-June 2017 at the Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley, 3202 Salem Way, South Bend, IN.
A group of photographers from the United States, as well as others from Budapest, Hungary
and Israel set out to document and illustrate the lives of various residents who live there (Jews, Muslims, Christians, Druze, and Bahai). The objective of this creative team was to bring
to life the stories and realities of the diverse people living in the region.
The exhibit consists of 30 photographs.
Hours = 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. Admission is free.
Phone 574-233-1164 for further information.
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